PHILADELPHIA – In their first home match in a month, the University of Pennnsylvania men's tennis team picked up a 5-2 victory Sunday afternoon over Charlotte at the Hamlin Tennis Center.

Manfredi Graziani and Aditya Gupta won 6-2 in the opening doubles match of the day at No. 3. In just their second match as a doubles team this Spring and their first match at No. 2, Zachery Lim and Harsh Parikh won 6-2, clinching the early point for Penn.

After his doubles match was halted, Edoardo Graziani made it 2-0 Penn, double-bageling his opponent en route to a dominant victory at No. 1. (Manfredi) Graziani followed with a close straight-set victory, staking Penn to a 3-0 lead. In the first of four three-set matches to go final, Gupta clinched the match for the Quakers at No. 3.

The 49ers picked up a pair of wins over the final three matches, with Parikh closing the day out with a win at No. 4.

Up Next
Penn hosts Temple Wednesday at Noon in the team's final non-conference dual match of the regular season.
 
Results

DOUBLES
1 – E. Graziani/Kevin Zhu (P) vs. Coy Simon/Matias Iturbe (Char) – 3-5 DNF
2 – Lim/Parikh (P) def. Abhimanyu Vannemreddy/Brett Gloria (Char) – 6-2
3 – M. Graziani/Gupta (P) def. Ivan Dreycopp/Aditya Narayanan (Char) – 6-2

SINGLES
1 – E. Graziani (P) def. Coy Simon (Char) – 6-0, 6-0
2 – Abhimanyu Vannemreddy (Char) def. Zhu (P) – 7-5, 1-6, 7-5
3 – Gupta (P) def. Ivan Dreycopp (Char) – 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
4 – Parikh (P)def. Matias Iturbe (Char) – 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
5 – M. Graziani (P) def. Jhonny Acosta (Char) – 7-5, 7-6 (4)
6 – Aditya Narayanan (Char) def. Lim (P) – 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2 ); Singles (1, 5, 3*, 6, 2, 4)
* Clinching match